Some simple observation and learnings

December 2008
Seoul, Korea

Some simple observation and learnings:

1) All is suffering or I am suffering is not the only basis of Buddhism. It starts from this Premise but ends at the other 3 Premises - (ii) there is a cause to suffering, (iii) in acknowledging the cause we see the cessation of suffering and therefore (iv)if we walk the noble eightfold path we walk the path of liberaton from suffering. However, if one stick only at premise one therefore one is motivated by sadness and feeling of doom. There is no power in those spaces.

2) Some people read more, know more - a lot of time to imprison ourselves in the philosophical wisdom rather than facing the simple truth. Is like what my mentor told me the other day. "If your reading does not change your life for the better. Than is just like the 7 wonders of the world, it can exist there for thousands of years yet it has nothing to do with me or you"

3) To find true enlightenment is to journey on the Path of the Heart not thru the Greatness of the Mind.

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